Ash-sifter.



J. JURAS.

ASH SIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 11. 1915.

Patented June 6, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH 60-. WASHINGTON, D. c.

JOSEPH JURAS, OF NEW YORK MILLS, NEW YORK.

ASH-SIFTER.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Application filed October 11, 1915. Serial No. 55,257.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH JURAs, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at New York Mills, in the county' of Oneidaand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ash-Sifters, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ashsifters.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of an inexpensivedevice'in the form of an ash sifter for house-hold use adapted for easyoperation.

A further object of the invention is to provide an ash sifting deviceespecially adapted for household use being easily operated when desiredfor sifting ashes, the parts thereof being readily separable whendesired to remove the cinders or clean the device.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a swinging siftingframe adapted for holding an ash container and to impart a sudden jar tothe latter during each manual reciprocation thereof.

WVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in whichlike-designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views :Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of thedevice, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the cover brokenaway.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, a supporting frame is providedhaving four corner posts 10 connected together by opposite pairs of endrails and side rails 11 and '12 respectively positioned adjacent thelower and upper ends of the said posts.

A shiftable plate 13 is swingingly mounted between the upper side rails11 of the said frame by means of oppositely positioned cranks 14 whichare journaled in bearing blocks 15 positioned adjacent the corners ofthe plate 13 and upon the lower side thereof. The said plate 13 isprovided with a circular central opening 16 adapted for the reception ofa removable ash container such as the metallic receptacle 17 a dependingspider 17 being carried by the opposite handles 21 by which the same maybe readily removed from the receptacle when desired.

An operating means is provided for the device consisting of a resilientangular lever 22 having a horizontally arranged handle 23 at the upperend of the vertical outer portion 24 thereof, while the main portion ofthe handle is provided with an oval shaped ring 25 which encircles theplate opening 16 as well as the receptacle 17, when the same ispositioned therein, the said ring beformed of flat metal and slidablypositioned upon the upper face of the plate 13. A finger 26 is providedat the rear end of the ring 25 and has a longitudinal slot 27 thereincorresponding to a slot 28 in the handle 22 adjacent the forward side ofthe said ring and headed screws 29 are carried adjacent the front andrear edges of the plate 13 and extend through the said slots 27 and 28for retaining the said ring 25 slidably positioned upon the said plate13. It will thus be seen that with the plate 13 shiftably suspended uponthe cranks 14B and with the receptacle 17 removably positioned throughthe ring 25 and the plate openings 16, the cover 20 of the receptaclemay be readily removed and ashes deposited into the basket 19. Bygrasping the handle 23 and pulling same outwardly, one end wall of theslots 2728 will be forcibly brought into engagement with the screws 29thereby imparting a sudden ar to the plate 13 as well as the ashreceptacle 17 and sieve carried thereby. When the outward pull on thehandle is relieved the plate 13 swings back, and as the handle is pushedinwardly it'slides on the plate and the other ends of the slots 27-28are brought forcibly into engagement with the screws 29. The ashes inthe basket 19 will be thus considerably agitated and shaken up by therepeated reciprocations and jarring of the plate 13 allowing the smallerparticles to fall within the receptacle 17, so that the ashes willbecompletely sifted and the cinders will remain in the basket 19, whichmay be removed from the receptacle 17. The receptacle may then beemptied and the device is ready for further operation.

\Vhile the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless tobe understood that minor plate, a sifting basket removably-mounted' insaid receptacle, and an operating handle having a slidable connectionwith said plate for jarring the latter as the handle is reciprocated.

2. A11 ash Sifter comprising a frame, de-

pending cranks oppositelyjournaled through i the said frame, a swingingplate journaled between the said cranks and having a central openingtherethrough, a spider carried by the said plate beneath the saidopening an ash receptacle positioned through the said opening upon thesaid spider, a foraininous -basket :removably positioned within the saidreceptacle, an oval ring slidably mounted upon. the said platesurrounding the said re ceptacle, stop retaining means for the said ringcarried by said plate, and manual reciprocating means carried. by thesaid plate.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

JOSEPH J URAS.

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Washington, D. G.

